Chapter 921: Chapter 695: Sky Gate Technique Spirit (Part 2)
Originally, everyday expenses could be covered with silver coins, but now that the devaluation is so outrageous, they’re afraid to spend gold coins recklessly, so naturally, they have to tighten their spending.
However, the Fox Lamp icehouse is still quite lively at this time, bustling with voices and merry chatter. Yet the topic of discussion is not war, but the recent changes in the Void Realm.
“My friend opened a vacuum door and brought back several big boxes of gold coins!”
“That’s nothing, my friend even brought back a Fish-Slicing Dragon from the Sky Gate!”
“The whiteboard says the probability of treasure appearing in basements is high, is that true?”
“But the probability of monsters appearing is also high; my…my friend’s sect opened a Sky Gate and suddenly a group of monsters barged in, and it took a lot of effort to suppress them.”
Ash and the others perked up their ears to listen to the surrounding discussions and looked at the new information on the whiteboard:
「Sky Gate Technique Spirit: Likely dropped from Void Realm creatures such as Fish-Slicing Dragon, Fox Lamp Dragon, Mud Fish Dragon, White Speed Dragon. Note: The drop rate might only be increased recently.」
「The same Technique Spirit at the same location will lead to different places.」
「At the horizon, the Sky Gate Technique Spirit’s magic power consumption increases significantly and often only opens a Sky Gate to Void Turbulence (suspected). The lower the distance from the horizon, the higher the stability of the Sky Gate Technique Spirit, and the higher the probability of opening to a real location.」
「Using the Sky Gate Technique Spirit in a place filled with gold coins makes it easier to open a Sky Gate to a gold warehouse (suspected).」
「Using the Sky Gate Technique Spirit after midnight decreases the probability of encountering Void Turbulence (suspected).」
「After activating nine Sky Gates leading to Void Turbulence on the ground, the tenth activation of the Sky Gate Technique Spirit in the basement is highly likely to lead to a real location (suspected).」
On the whiteboard, besides the first two pieces of information which could be confirmed, all other information was filled with the mystical vibe of ‘suspected’.
And all this information revolves around a new Technique Spirit—the Sky Gate Technique Spirit!
This Technique Spirit has gained so much attention not only because of its special use but more importantly because its drop rate is incredibly high, almost instantaneously flooding the realm. Apart from Ash, who couldn’t enter the Void Realm due to injured soul, and the illiterate Black Crow, everyone else in the Void Realm Exploration recently obtained this Technique Spirit. Practically, nine out of ten Technique Spirits encountered are Sky Gate Technique Spirits.
From its name, the proper use of this Technique Spirit should be to open Sky Gates, such as creating a door on a wall and the like—but it indeed can be used that way. But soon, mages discovered that using the Sky Gate Technique Spirit in the air would open a door leading to who knows where!
Even though most of the time, it led to the all-destructive Void Turbulence, even if by luck it led to a real location, the other side could be land, seawater, magma, or ten thousand meters high in the sky, among others. Just this discovery also gave the Sky Gate Technique Spirit many uses—for example, setting traps or using it as a defensive barrier.
But most importantly, the Sky Gate Technique Spirit might enable space traversal!
A Technique Spirit capable of continuously creating random Void Realm passages!
Anyone can see the immense value of this Technique Spirit. In warfare, if targeted openings can be made, it could directly decapitate enemy command centers; in transportation, if targeted openings could be made, it would save infinite logistical steps, completing resource exchange in one step!
This is similar to the space transmission array hosted by Holy Sanctuary Mages but at a fraction of the cost! Moreover, space transmission must be initiated by a Holy Sanctuary Mage, whereas even a Silver Mage can initiate a one-winged Sky Gate Technique Spirit!
Even though countless technical challenges need to be overcome on the way, the sudden emergence of the Sky Gate Technique Spirit is destined to be an opportunity for the explosion of space faction technologies.
In the past, the slow development of the space faction was mainly because mages had to wait until reaching the Distant Realm to get started, which was considered profound and inaccessible, extremely reliant on the explosive advancement by genius mages.
Now, with the low-end Sky Gate Technique Spirit, countless Silver Mages can research the space faction through the Sky Gate Technique Spirit, and some mages might major in the space faction even at one-winged or two-winged levels! With the lowering learning threshold, the era of explosive rise in space Technique Spirits is coming, leading to a rapid advancement in the standardization of space transmission!
But compared to the grand narrative of historical progress, this Sky Gate Technique Spirit holds more immediate significance for Ash and his group:
No longer needing to search for the Gray Fox’s legacy, they might open a Sky Gate leading to the Gospel, Blood Moon, or even Dazzling Star through the Sky Gate Technique Spirit!
But precisely because of this, the atmosphere within this bizarre team—composed of the Swindler, Corpse Lover, Ya Sha Jin, Believers of The Gods of Four Pillars, bishops of The Gods of Four Pillars, and former leaders of The Gods of Four Pillars—has started to become subtle recently.
Soon after, Ash finished his La La Fei meal, still feeling half-full, and reached out to Igula. Igula handed him a money pouch, and Ash weighed it, noticing something was off about the weight. Official source ıs 𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹✶𝗳𝗶𝗿𝗲✶𝗻𝗲𝘁
His lips curved slightly, signaling for the Black Crow to follow, then swaggered off to go on a wild shopping spree at the snack street. Black Crow puzzled over Ash having so much money, but a sharp-eye spotted gold coins in the pouch, and it all became clear.
The two arrived at a familiar corner, eating back-to-back as they usually did. Ash no longer concealed his inner turmoil, his brows almost knotted together, yet it didn’t affect his eating efficiency.
Instead, it was Black Crow who brought up the topic: “Ash, how many days have you been in Senluo?”
“Over two months, I guess?” Ash pondered, then sighed: “So much has happened, it feels like time is passing so slowly.”